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Der UK Subsidy Control Insider (UKSCI) stellt eine exzellente Informationsquelle für alle diejenigen dar, die sich mit den aktuellen Entwicklungen im Bereich der staatlichen Subventionsvorschriften im Vereinigten Königreich vertraut machen möchten. In der Konsequenz der Verabschiedung des Subventionskontrollgesetzes von 2022 hat sich die Art und Weise der Verwaltung von Subventionen durch öffentliche Behörden in signifikantem Maße verändert. Diese Veränderung geht mit einer Abweichung von den früheren EU-Beihilfevorschriften einher. Im Rahmen einer kritischen Analyse wird untersucht, ob die Reformen ihr Versprechen von Effizienz und wirtschaftlichem Nutzen erfüllt haben.

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Opinion – the UK’s Subsidy Control Regime Can Be Improved Through More, Better Targeted Streamlined Routes

Subsidy Control law is important for the economy and therefore impacts the living standards of people across the United Kingdom. Well targeted subsidies can improve the economy, for example by driving forward high growth sectors such as the Space and technology sector, whereas poorly designed subsidies are wasteful and can serve to undermine competition within the market. The UK’s Subsidy […]

Competing Visions of the UK’s Subsidy Control Regime

At a Subsidy Control conference in June 2024, then Competition Appeal Tribunal President Mr Justice Marcus Smith spoke about the logic of the UK having a domestic Subsidy Control regime, noting that the UK is an outlier in having such a system of purely domestic control of state subsidies. With a new government in place and over 18 months having […]

Subsidy Control and the Economics of Data

Introduction Data has been described as the world’s most valuable commodity.[1] Yet despite its importance, especially in the field Artificial Intelligence (AI), transfers of data are rarely discussed within the context of Subsidy Control. In this article, Hana Hammouda and Sattam Al-Mugheiry explore the economics of data and consider the circumstances in which the Subsidy Control Act 2022 may apply […]

Is It Time for Parliament to Amend the Subsidy Control Act 2022?

The Subsidy Control Act 2022 received Royal Assent nearly two years ago and provides UK public authorities with a faster and more permissive regime under which to award subsidies than existed under EU State aid rules. This article considers whether Parliament should act now to amend the regime, updating the rules to prioritise value for money considerations. Does the UK’s […]

How the Subsidy Database Can Be Refined to Improve the UK Subsidy Control Regime

The Statutory Guidance accompanying the Subsidy Control Act[1] (SCA) states that ‘Subsidy transparency is a fundamental part of the UK’s subsidy control regime’ given its importance in enabling ‘interested parties to view subsidies to decide if they want to challenge a subsidy before the Competition Appeal Tribunal’. With thanks to practitioners from multiple disciplines for their views and experiences, referenced […]

The Transparency Regime Under the Subsidy Control Act – How It Could Be Improved

In December 2023, the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) published its research report ‘Establishing baseline for monitoring and evaluation of the subsidy control regime’ (Report). Although the report looks at subsidies granted between 1 January 2021 and 4 January 2023 whilst the UK-EU Trade and Co-operation Agreement (TCA) was in force (Interim Period), it is illustrative of the issues […]

Subsidy Control: The First Year

Introduction Although the subsidy control jurisdiction has been ‘live’ since January 2023, only one application has been issued under the Subsidy Control Act 2022, Durham Company Limited v Durham County Council, which was determined by a judgment dated 27 July 2023.2 There are no other applications pending before the Competition Appeal Tribunal at the time of writing (October 2023). Given […]

Litigation Update

Readers will be aware that there have been two subsidy control cases before the Courts this year. The Divisional Court gave judgment in the Bulb litigation (R (British Gas Trading Ltd and others) v Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero [2023] EWHC 737 (Admin)) on 31 March 2023. My analysis of that decision, and its implications for […]

Subsidy Advice Unit Reports: Lessons Learned So Far

Introduction The UK subsidy control regime is a nascent policy area for public authorities to understand. The regime places obligations on public authorities to assess a subsidy or subsidy scheme to ensure that it is compliant with the subsidy control principles and other requirements. The Statutory Guidance explains the subsidy control principles and provides a four-part assessment framework to support […]

The EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation – the Birth of a New Area of Competition Law

In July 2023, the European Union introduced a new competition law regime called the EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) to address a longstanding regulatory gap. Whilst subsidies awarded by EU and EFTA Member States are tightly regulated on an ex-ante basis under EU State aid law,1 this is not the case for subsidies awarded by other countries. Indeed, it is […]
Kieran McGaughey
Consultant Solicitor, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Jamie Dunne
Senior Associate, Brodies LLP Solicitors
George Peretz KC BL
Monckton Chambers, UK
Schellion J. Horn
Partner and Economic Consulting, Grant Thornton UK, London, United Kingdom
Hana Hammouda
Senior Manager and Economic Consultant, Grant Thornton UK, London, United Kingdom
Sattam Al-Mugheiry
Barrister
Alexander Rose
Partner, DWF Law, Newcastle
Sattam Al-Mugheiry
Barrister
Alexander Rose
Partner, DWF Law, Newcastle
Hana Hammouda
Senior Manager and Economic Consultant, Grant Thornton UK, London, United Kingdom
Schellion J. Horn
Partner and Economic Consulting, Grant Thornton UK, London, United Kingdom
Joanne Clement KC
KC at @11KBW, London, United Kingdom
Joanne Clement KC
KC at @11KBW, London, United Kingdom
Sir Marcus Smith
President of the Competition Appeal Tribunal
Charlotte McLean
Referendaire
Sir Marcus Smith
President of the Competition Appeal Tribunal
Charlotte McLean
Referendaire
Alex Kynoch
Partner, Browne Jacobson LLP
Angelica Hymers
Senior Associate, Browne Jacobson LLP
Angelica Hymers
Senior Associate, Browne Jacobson LLP
Hana Hammouda
Senior Manager, Grant Thornton UK LLP
Hana Hammouda
Senior Manager, Grant Thornton UK LLP
Jamie Dunne
Senior Associate, Brodies LLP Solicitors
Jonathan Branton

Partner // Head of Government & Public Sector, DWF in Leeds

Jonathan is Head of EU/Competition at DWF and also leads the Government & Public Sector group.
Jonathan Branton

Partner // Head of Government & Public Sector, DWF in Leeds

Jonathan is Head of EU/Competition at DWF and also leads the Government & Public Sector group.

Behind the UK Subsidy Control Insider you find our expert team of editors:

George Peretz KC BL
Monckton Chambers, UK
Alexander Rose
Partner, DWF Law, Newcastle
Andrea Biondi
Advocate General for Italy, Court of Justice of the European Union; Professor, Director of the Centre of European Law, King’s College, London
Joanne Clement KC
KC at @11KBW, London, United Kingdom
Angus Johnston
Professor, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
Alex Eaton
DWF Law, Manchester, United Kingdom
Schellion J. Horn
Partner and Economic Consulting, Grant Thornton UK, London, United Kingdom
Hana Hammouda
Senior Manager and Economic Consultant, Grant Thornton UK, London, United Kingdom
Kieran McGaughey
Consultant Solicitor, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Sattam Al-Mugheiry
Barrister

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